Les pesticides are defined according to their uses according to four European regulations distinctes : plant protection products, biocides, veterinary medicinal products and medicinal products for human use. These regulations have been put in place in order to provide a harmonised legal framework within the European Union. The same substance can be regulated by several directives. This is the case, for example, of the permethrinThis product has not been approved in Europe since 2000 for use as a plant protection product on crops but is authorised for domestic insecticidal uses as a biocide, or as a veterinary or medical product in anti-lice lotions.
CROP PROTECTION PRODUCTS
European Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, which entered into force on 14 June 2011, is the successor to Directive 91/414/EEC, the previous reference text applied in France since 1993.
BIOCIDAL PRODUCTS
The productsits biocides are defined by European Regulation (EC) No 528/2012 of 22/05/2012 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market. Article 2 defines biocidal products ainsi : ' Substances active substances and preparations containing one or more active substances in the form in which they are supplied to the user, intended to destroy, deter, render harmless, prevent the action of, or otherwise control harmful organisms, by means of an active ingredient or ingredients.ction or biologique ".
VETERINARY DRUGS
Veterinary medicinal products are defined by the Directive 2004/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/82/EC establishing a Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products The latter are defined in point 2 of Article 1 as followser :
- any substance or composition represented as having curative or preventive properties with respect to diseases animales ; or
- any substance or composition which may be used in or administered to animals either to restore, correct or modify physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action or to make a medical diagnosis.
MEDICINES FOR HUMAN USE
Medicinal products for human use are defined by the Directive 2004/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use. The latter are defined in point 2 of Article 1 as followser :
- any substance or composition presented as having curative or preventive properties with respect to diseases humaines ;
- any substance or composition which may be used in or administered to human beings either to restore, correct or modify physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action, or to make a medical diagnosis.